World Cup GDT: July 1st

[seattleflamer]

Originally Posted by rich76

But he was called offside for it, no matter how far onside he was.

It wouldn't have counted even if he'd put it in the back of the net.

ESPN tactical cam shows AR wasn't calling offsides but for a goal kick. #gutwrenching

http://www.gfycat.com/ClearcutBareJabiru#

[rich76]

Originally Posted by seattleflamer

ESPN tactical cam shows AR wasn't calling offsides but for a goal kick. #gutwrenching

http://www.gfycat.com/ClearcutBareJabiru#

Yeah, still a bit of confusion on some websites, but does look more like flag for a goal kick rather than an offside call.

[SebC]

Originally Posted by Acey

I should say "Zero World Series Wins", add another layer to the joke.

[SebC]

I hope USA soccer doesn't grow too fast. I want more MLS teams in Canada!

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

Not really. 28 million people in the US watched the Gold Medal game in 2010. An average of just over 6 million just watched the Stanley Cup Final featuring the top two markets in America (which were actually slightly down on last year).I would also say its the same for Canada, we'll tune in in much bigger numbers to the World Cup with Canada in (of course never happening so moot point), but soccer won't all of a sudden jump up in popularity overall. It's no different than Olympic sports.



No disagreement at all. Popularity during nationalistic events really doesn't mean much other than how much people root for their country.

not the top two nhl markets...Chicago, New York, and Boston get the best ratings...LA has a large population but doesn't get the TV ratings of the others. And NY getting their asses kicked didnt help ratings...if it went to 7 you would have seen 10M

on the topic of soccer more and more young people are playing and getting into it. Way more kids play soccer than hockey in canada, sport is growing big time not to mention immigration

[PIMking]

Originally Posted by dino7c

not the top two nhl markets...Chicago, New York, and Boston get the best ratings...LA has a large population but doesn't get the TV ratings of the others. And NY getting their asses kicked didnt help ratings...if it went to 7 you would have seen 10M

on the topic of soccer more and more young people are playing and getting into it. Way more kids play soccer than hockey in canada, sport is growing big time not to mention immigration

because most consider soccer a safe sport with all the concussions in the NFL and CFB and old players offing themselves. Too bad soccer has more concussions than football

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by PIMking

because most consider soccer a safe sport with all the concussions in the NFL and CFB and old players offing themselves. Too bad soccer has more concussions than football

its also more accessible, whatever the reason more kids are playing

[Itse]

Soccer most body types better than most other sports. There are not a lot of sports where people 6 foot 4 and 5 foot 4 can play on equal ground. This makes it easy to set up games with the friends you have around. If you can run, you can play. And if you can't run, you can still play goal

[chemgear]

All 16 saves by Tim Howard at once.